Costa Cafe in Colchester

One of my favorite restaurants in NJ. The specials are always superb.

Seems to be getting better each time I go. Food was spot on today. Risotto was perfectly flavored. Wife loved her crab cake. Red snapper was fresh and well seasoned. Pork ribs fell off the bone and just the right amount of BBQ sauce. We'll done!

The food is always gourmet, beautifully presented! The staff polite and attentive! For a pleasant evening outdoors !

My friend and I both had the filet mignon which was excellent and was cooked exactly as ordered. we shared the wedge salad which was mediocre at best. The bacon was a strip cut in half. Presentation was lacking. The atmosphere was very plain and lacked ambiance... Felt cold as opposed to warm and inviting. Prices were a bit high. The server was very good and as I said the main course of filet mignon was cooked to perfection.

Food was just alright, little overpriced

Nice food at a little expensive prices. Good service. Usually crowded. Overall I would recommend it.

Don’t come here for a good meal. Come here for a great meal. Yes. Great.

Went 2 weeks ago,very disappointed. Dinner for 2 when you do byob should not be over 2 hundred dollars. Restaurant smelled of cigarettes, shrimp appetizer had 2 shrimps. Loved to sit outside during the summer, things have changed. Went to Village Green tonight,great ambience,great food,130 dolllars.

Waiters and staff are awesome. Food excellent. Definitely recommend this place! Chef/owner from a family of chefs

I had a wonderful experience at Cafe 37. The waitstaff were sooo accommodating and friendly. The food was exceptional. I had a series of different dishes (it was my birthday and was starving). Everything was perfect! It’s BYOB so don’t forget to bring your favorite wine / champagne / beer. The parking isn’t too bad for ridgewood, I parked down by the church. I would not recommend it for children. It is great for a date night or special occasion.

Went on Feb 10,2023 I had a gift card that I wanted to use. Thank God for a gift card a striped bass dinner and a NY Strip $124.00. My gift card was $80. I wasn’t impressed and half the strip was fat. No dessert had to ask for a second roll. Not returning I can go many other places and walk out same money using it for either apps or desert too. Way too over price and a BYOB so no drinks ordered. Nasty reply only speaking the truth and yes the original was for $200 which was used for a dinner before when I got a good meal however returned to finish the gift card thinking I get the same quality. You will not have to worry I won’t be returning. My money is good anywhere.

Excellent pork chops. Update 2022: went again and the quality is exactly the same, highly recommend! Update 2024: now having gone here for a handful of years, I can firmly say that I believe this is the best restaurant in Ridgewood. The quality of every meal is absolutely incredible and the service is 5 stars every time. Highly recommend to everyone!

The risotto was off the charts and so was this braised ribs. I didn’t love the beef ravioli but it wasn’t as good as the two other dishes I listed. Great service and relaxed environment. This place is worth a trip.

Cozy restaurant! Unique dishes! Melt in your mouth! Very tasty! It was a good birthday. Thank you!

One of the best modern American restaurants in Ridgewood.

I always was fun of New American cuisine, especially when chefs are inventive and attentive to details. Here is exactly the case. Interesting menue, swift service and great dishes. Pricy, but overall experience is worth of money spent.

Sweet little B'fast spot and reasonably priced .

Excellent food and good service. Highly recommend 👌

Great spot -- wonderful food and no corkage charge for BYOB!

Great food with great service. Felix is the best.

A little pricey.. good Food and good service

Presentation and food quality was phenomenal.

Picked up an order got home they missed one item, delivered a full replacement meal 2 my home w a free dessert and an apology...amazing

Great food and service. Presentation is awesome. BYOB, liquor store across the street. I will be a regular

Beautiful!! Don't forget to BYOB

The presentation looks really nice but the food is less than ordinary. My wife and I took a guest here. We had a $225 gift card. The restaurant has no menus. You need to scan a bar code and retrieve the menu online on your phone. It might be because of covid, but how difficult would it be to wipe down a menu after use with a sanitizer? I ordered the Truffle Risotto appetizer and Frutti di Mare entrée. The risotto was good but I didn't taste any truffles. The entrée had muscles and shrimp over a pasta with tomato sauce. Half of the muscle shells were empty. The pasta was bland. I tasted my wife's Medallions of Filet Mignon. She ordered it medium. The strip that I sampled was rare and tough to cut with a knife. She said that two of her other strips were medium. The check came to $170+. The gift certificate was given to the waiter. He came back and said that he applied the certificate to the $170 but it can not be used for the tip. He wanted cash. I looked at my wife and said that I only have credit cards. Our guest gave $34 for the tip. I'm flabbergasted that the gift card couldn't be used for the tip. They received the cash weeks ago for the gift card but that cash couldn't be used for the tip????? When we returned home we were both very thirsty. I must have drank 64 oz of coconut water. My stomach was queazy. About 1 AM I ran to the bathroom and expelled the meal with an explosion. The next morning my stomach was still queazy. I couldn't eat breakfast.

I had the fruitte di mare. Excellent. Wait staff was very nice. They have outdoor patio as well.

Food, service and place are amazing... so good I recommend it 100% very Italian

Very good food, great service. Prices somewhat high.

Excellent service. Great food. Keep going back.

Food and service are very good.

Cafe 37 embodies the best of a chef-owner restaurant experience. The restaurant is a veritable gem. Chef Sotomayor is a culinary genius. The staff are welcoming, accommodating, and professional. We dined outdoors and found it as comfortable and well executed as indoor dining. My wife and I were tasked with planning two memorial luncheons, each of these events for approximately 30 people. The memorial luncheons honored family members who died during the pandemic and provided an opportunity for our family to finally gather safely. After extensively researching restaurants across Bergen County, we decided on Cafe 37 based on the quality of food, service, and the attention to detail provided by Chef Sotomayor. My wife and I live in Manhattan and are no strangers to fine dining. In all honesty, we are very demanding; yet, our experience at Cafe 37 exceeded our expectations and some of experiences at some of the best restaurants in Manhattan. Cafe 37 is successful at providing fine dining without sacrificing authenticity and intimacy. Eating at Cafe 37 is the experience you would imagine eating at a friend's house --- if the friend was an award-winning chef. From the beginning of planning our events, Chef Sotomayor was extremely responsive and thoughtful. In the early stages of planning the memorial luncheons, my wife and I visited the restaurant to sample from the standard dinner menu. The most difficult part of planning was narrowing down the dinner menu to a luncheon menu; we liked virtually everything on the dinner menu. Chef Sotomayor worked with us to narrow down the menu to a few appetizers, entrees, and desserts. My favorites were the kale salad (and I do not really love kale), tuna, filet mignon but our guests loved the other options. The feedback from our guests was overwhelmingly positive. The food was excellent; the service was exceptional (thanks Felix!). My wife and I plan to return regularly, especially while the weather is still good and there is the opportunity to sit outside under the nicely adorned tent or in some of the non-covered seating. The only downside is that there is no liquor license. However, there is a very well stocked liquor store across the street with a very good wine selection.

One of our favorite places. Excellent food and service as always.

I cannot wait to return to Cafe 37! Exquisite dining, wonderful service, safe outdoor dining and the food is scrumptious!! The kale salad is magnificent! Whatever you think of kale and most likely it might be negative, disregard those notions, and try this salad. It is amazing!

Portions were small for the price. Some items were dry and not hot. I

The food is fresh, but not very flavorful. the prices are very high for the food given and the portions are small

Очень вкусно и атмосфера отличная, безупречный сервис

Delicious food and wonderful service. Special shout out to Renee who was so attentive, warm and welcoming.

Outdoor seating was nice, staff was nice. Food was mediocre, especially for the price

Sat outside. Nice atmosphere and delicious food.

FANTASTIC EATS !!! KEEP UP THE GREAT FOOD & STAFF !!! A+A+A+A+A+A+A+A+

What an excellent service by our waiter Rene, he was very informative and attentive. The whole service was great. I had the Branzino fillet and it was delicious, well prepared, perfect taste. It’s a BYOB restaurant and they have outside and inside sitting.

Una excelencia y para mi en lo personal una fran perzona el señor soto mayorfelicidades y a darle duro

The best! Food delicious and service staff unsurpassed!

Delicious dishes beautifully presented. BYOB with outside seating. Perfect for warm weather brunch.

The service was good... the food was delicious. I gave them four stars because I asked for my salmon well done and it wasn't all the way done... however everything tastes great

I went there for a group event. The food and service were excellent but way overpriced IMHO.

Yummy dinner! Sat outside, very relaxing and comfortable

Very good food. Highly recommend for a special dinner.

Excellent food, excellent service. No need to cross the GB. Bridge. Sophisticated ambiance. Reservations only. A must in Ridgewood, never disappoints.

We had another exquisite meal last night at Cafe 37! I have always been thrilled with the quality of the food and the service has always been great. It has been awhile since we have gone out to a restaurant due to COVID. The tables are spaced out nicely and I love the new more modern decor.

Delicious food and lovely staff. Very clean, following social distance protocols

They were not open about how there was a minimum of $170 to eat on Valentine’s Day. Nowhere on the website did they even attempt to explain that the Valentine’s Day menu had only one price/was not optional. This in itself turned me off so much from the place and it seemed like it was being run by scammers. I do not recommend. Stay away! It seems they’ll try to get anyone for money.. also the place was super small.

Our favorite restaurant in town. Food always has fresh ingredients and it is a fine place to go for a special meal. I look forward to eating inside where it is a bit warmer but will be back soon.

A fine dining restaurant in Ridgewood, serving delicious food with impeccable presentation and taste. We made our reservation ahead for Sunday dinner. When we arrived, we got seated right away. The restaurant wasn’t busy, as only 3 other tables were occupied. Due to Covid their menu is online. It’s a concise list with limited items in appetizers, entrees and desserts. We decided to try the Octopus appetizer, Bronzini and Seafood dishes for entree. The prep time was excellent , as we didn’t have to wait long at all to get our food. We were very impressed with delicate presentation of each dish. All items including vegetables were cooked to perfection. This is an excellent spot for occasions like couples dinner, or milestones celebration. TL;DR: Food taste - 5/ 5 Food prep time - 5/5 Service - 5/5 Price - $$$$

Although it was cold outside to eat, the food and service certainly made up for it. My wife and I enjoyed ourselves for our 5th anniversary.

This place is obviously one of the best place in the area. Whenever I go there I am truly pleased. They hold their high standard service and the highest level of food they give. You will be always satisfied with this restaurant. Highly recommended.

Good food . Fine and all. My fellow eaters raved about it actually. But the prices made me expect to be wowed.

What a wonderful dinner from appetizers to dinner - WOW!! Quality was great and presentation was beautiful. I'll be back!

Excellent food and even better service. Even during the world of COVID we had a great meal and had great service and felt 100% safe. Varied menu for all tastes

So this will be a mixed review of my experience and incorporating what the rest of the group that was with me, due to all the great reviews I had high expectations for this place so I am trying to give them the benefit of doubt here. To start off my Ahi Tuna dish was excellent...the rest of the group I was with were not thrilled with their dishes. Maybe it's an offnight because the kitchen was backed up and they took forever to get our food even though the order was placed at the same time with our appetizers. Other nights it may not have made much difference but when you are eating outside on a brisk cold night and the place only has two heat lamps btw...Back to the food...the crab cake appetizer is excellent avoid the shrimp tempura which I found lacking taste and overpriced at $16 for two medium pieces of shrimp. Maybe another night it might be different but we won't be going back anytime soon.

Cafe 37 is a New American restaurant with a Spanish Flair. The restaurant is small inside, but they have a larger outside dining area. The owner is the chef, and those are usually the best restaurants to dine at. All the ingredients the chef uses are top notch. Portions are nice sizes too besides the desserts being rather small. Stand out and must try dishes are the goat cheese raviolis, truffle risotto, and the halibut over saffron rice. All those dishes were AMAZING! You must try them! Halibut is a hard fish to prepare, and when a chef can cook an outstanding halibut you know it’s a 5 star restaurant! Other dishes I tried was the crab cake which was excellent! The filet mignon with shrimp was very good! The chicken dish was good! Only one entree I didn’t care for or wouldn’t recommend ordering is the Cafe 37 Frutti di Mare. The pasta wasn’t fresh made and kinda mushy and flavor wise it just was ok. I’d take it off the menu and replace it with something else. It didn’t have the WOW factor as all the other dishes on the menu had. All the desserts are house made and my favorite is the bread pudding! It’s fantastic! That’s another dish that’s hard to get right, but the chef here made it to perfection! The only complaint is it’s much too small. Its should be served twice the current serving size. The other dessert I tried were the coconut profiteroles. I didn’t care much for it, and I wouldn’t order it again. I really enjoyed almost everything here, and I am very impressed with the food! The chef/owner is warm and welcoming too! I highly recommend dining at Cafe 37 in Ridgewood!

The food is constantly fresh and delightful, staff members gives excellent customer service. I loved the cleanliness and character. Will come back again.

The pre fix menu is one of the best deals in ridgewood! Amazing food and staff everytime!

Awesome food, service and outdoor dining. They made it really nice between buildings with tents, ferns, and lights. Hope they keep.it after we return to normal.

The food is always perfect, and the staff is always wonderful! Chef Caesar is a miracle worker in the kitchen!

I had a superb time in this restaurant. We enjoyed the great vibes and the menu. The staff members are super attentive. I’m glad we finally decided to visit this restaurant.

This is my favorite restaurant in Ridgewood. The food, the ambience and the wonderful servers make for a really enjoyable evening.

Had a wonderful experience. Food was prepared masterfully.

The food and service here is top notch! Fine dining at best!

Nice, neat place with very creative chef

This place consistently delivers. Great specials, but even the main menu offers delicious entrees and will satisfy all tastes. A friendly, professional staff makes for a pleasant evening. BYOB is the icing on the cake!

Went here for a baby shower and had the best time! Food was amazing and the space for the party was perfect! Will definitely be going back again.

Delicious , great menu and friendly, professional staff. I had their grilled octopus special recently and it was simply divine.

We had our office dinner at Cafe 37 last night, and I can’t say enough great things about it! The staff was incredible... very attentive, personable and very professional. The prix fixe menu had so many great options to choose from and each dish was presented beautifully. And the food was so delicious and fresh! We will definitely be back!

I love this restaurant! They have awesome food, their menu is nice, The chief cook in that spot is a professional, I like very much tasting all their dishes. The dishes are always fresh and tasty, the attitude towards the guests is efficient. I often go to this place and I was never unsatisfied. I recommend it with no hesitation.

Outstanding food and service by Chef Sotomayer and our server Felix, who handled two well aged special wines, one 20 years old and the other 30 years old, truly professionally with perfectly executed decanting.

Welcoming and accommodating staff! We had to change the time on our reservation on the day off. Staff was very accommodating and we got in at the time we asked for. Nice atmosphere, but here was a persistent odor ... smell of an old building .. of a space that is not aerated enough... Tuna tartare was good but not impressive, risotto with truffle and wild mushrooms- the rice was more like a jasmine rice and definitely not arborio. I would not order it again. Scallops had not been washed, the salmon was great , nice side to it. The overall experience was unimpressive!

Such good food and good ambience, we ate there many times and the level stays high. Our “trick” is to come during weekdays (weekends are packed) and order the prefix menu, great value ... Highly recommend.

Food was very good, portions are a bit small. We were a larger party but service was slow.

Delicious beautiful salad and wonderful desserts

Our meals were outstanding! Everything was so fresh and delicious, and the attention to detail is superb. We enjoyed the crab cake special, the lobster roll, and the salmon entree. All were exceptional, with the freshest ingredients and wonderful sauces. The accompanying sides were not afterthoughts; they were impressive as well. The zucchini was perfectly cooked, the Asian slaw and potato tart were phenomenal. The service was also great, making you feel welcome. Can't say enough good things!

Ambiance and decor are nothing special, but food and service are excellent. Prix fixe menu is a great deal with four courses. Highly recommended.

Incredible food, excellent service & they accomodated my gluten free needs. Will definitely return

Excellent experience 👍🎉 I'll visit again. Thank you!

Excellent food, very knowledgeable. And pleasant waitstaff. Go there often

great food and great service if you're ever in town. Love the coffee

Food is delicious but portions are very small. I had the salmon. The piece that I got was very small but it was accompanied by alot of vegetables. My husband had the filet mignon which was 8 ounces. The scallop appetizer was only 3 pieces. The bottom line is that you have to order an appetizer, a salad and an entree to feel satisfied. I also didn't like how close together the tables are.

Good food but avoid the $9 sparkling water bottles

Greetings of the day. I write with a satisfied stomach. Excellent service, i requested for filet mignon medium and it came perfect with a nice side of mash potatoes and some vegies and a fried tappioca. They also served me amush bush. Be ready to shell MONEY there it aint cheap but it is worth it. They also serve table d' hote' i belive. They do not serve alcohol you need to bring your own. And yes the chocolate cake with mascaporne cheese looks and taste really good.

Great menu with the freshest ingredients!

Food and Service was excellent!

Rather ordinary fare, attractive setting particularly with the outdoor seating. One can do better on the same street.

Great place, quiet music and tasty food

My wife and I have been going here since it opened. Never have we been disappointed in the food or the service. We always lean towards the specials knowing the chef has been able to put something unique together based on the ingredients he found available at the local market. As a BYOB the meal is reasonable for the prices when you get the bill. The venue is small with relatively limited seating, so plan ahead and call for available times. Or go early and then do a movie, or do the movie first and have a late meal. This place will not disappoint.

I had the special, Buillbase and it was flavorless and sandy. Husband had a steak that was not not seasoned, could have eaten at home for much less. Service wasn't to good, asked for a glass of water 3 times. Will not return. Ridgewood has good restaurants, they need to stop up their game.

Very nice for an upscale intimate dinner. Prix fixe 4 course dinner a good relative value vs a la carte menu. Very attractive artistically presented dishes. PEI mussles were small and a tad bland as I prefer a little more spice in this kind of brothy dish.

+ The food was really good + Environment is kinda nice + Nice staff

Great food, Good Service, Quiet Ambiance

Cafe 37 was amazing. Food was fresh and plated to perfection. Felix was incredibly accommodating. I was with a group of 19 for a birthday/anniversary party. My wife set up the dinner with Felix and I was very impressed. The timing was great the food just amazing. Compliment to the chef for an incredible dinner. We did a pre fixe 4 course dinner. I loved it all salmon great the filet mignon great. Everyone in our group was very impressed. Keep up the great work.